Veni, Veni Emmanuel
DURATION
4’40”
INSTRUMENTATION
SATB (div.) a cappella
VIDEO
South Bend Chamber Singers; Nancy Menk, conductor
TEXT
Traditional advent hymn, which has been given a new melody by the composer
YEAR COMPOSED
2009
COMMISSIONER
Commissioned by the South Bend Chamber Singers
ORDERING SCORES
Inkjar Publishing Company
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TEXT
Veni veni, Emmanuel
captivum solve Israel,
qui gemit in exsilio,
privatus Dei Filio.
Refrain:
Gaude! Gaude!
Emmanuel nascetur pro te Israel!
Veni, veni, Rex Gentium,
veni, Redemptor omnium,
ut salvas tuos famulos
peccati sibi conscios.
Refrain
TRANSLATION
O Come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!
O come, Desire of nations, bind
in one the hearts of all mankind;
bid every strife and quarrel cease
and fill the world with heaven's peace.
Refrain
O Come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!
O come, Desire of nations, bind
in one the hearts of all mankind;
bid every strife and quarrel cease
and fill the world with heaven's peace.
Refrain